US20150158678A1 - Cable gathering device (wire stacker) - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a cable gathering device for processing electrical or optical lines, such as wires, cables, line bundles, optical fibres etc. comprising a platform which can be tilted downwards which has an accommodating region for accommodating one or more lines after a processing step.
- Cable processing devices are known in the prior art in which ready assembled cables are placed on a temporary tray of a cable gathering device (wire stacker) or discharged thereon and gathered there.
- a temporary tray of a cable gathering device wire stacker
- the tray is tilted downwards so that the cables slip downwards from the tray in order to land in a container provided specifically for this purpose (removal trough) where they are accessible from outside the cable processing device.
- a wire guide assembly comprises a pivotable trough-like receptacle for wire bundles where the wire bundles can be released by tilting the receptacle downwards.
- the centre of gravity of the receptacle is in this case shifted outwards in such a manner that the receptacle can already tilt downwards merely due to the action of gravity.
- the invention solves this object with a cable gathering device (wire stacker) of the type mentioned initially, whereby the platform has a removal region adjoining the accommodating region, wherein lines located in the accommodating region can be brought into the removal region by tilting the platform downwards, from which the lines can be removed and wherein the lines are retained in the removal region by retaining means in the tilted position of the platform.
- a cable gathering device wire stacker
- the process region of the cable gathering device can be spatially separated from the removal region whereby a high safety standard is provided.
- the additional retaining means in the removal region prevents the lines from falling down from the platform during tilting of the platform. The lines are therefore held reliably in the removal region.
- a subsequent upwards pivoting of the platform then has the effect that the lines retained in the removal region return to a height at which the lines are optimally accessible from the ergonomic aspect from outside the cable gathering device (wire stacker).
- a further advantage of the invention consists in that the processing process need not be stopped during removal of the lines from the removal region. This is ensured by the separate accommodating and removal regions.
- the invention is characterised by a low expenditure on apparatus. A separate removal trough as in the prior art is not necessary with the result that the number of parts and the costs are reduced.
- the areas of application of the invention are numerous.
- the platform can thus serve as a tray for line twisters after the twisting process but can also be used in connection with a conveyor belt.
- the platform according to the invention can be used in insulating machines, crimping devices, twisting devices etc.
- the invention allows a removal of finished lines from a cable processing machine at ergonomic height. At the same time, production can still take place automatically behind a protective hood and the finished product discharged onto the same platform in the accommodating region. Any endangerment of the operator by the processing process can be efficiently prevented by the formation of a protective hood and the platform (separate accommodating region).
- the retaining means is fastened to the platform, which gives a particularly compact and simple design.
- the platform forms the base of a tray.
- the lines are protected from undesired falling down by side walls.
- the retaining means is formed by a side wall of the tray.
- the side wall of the tray therefore serves at the same time to limit the downward sliding of the lines in the tilted state of the platform and retain the lines in the removal region.
- the platform is pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation.
- the axis of rotation is substantially parallel to the longitudinal extension of the platform into which the lines enter according to their length.
- the axis of rotation is provided in the region of the underside of the accommodating region.
- an actuator for tilting the platform, which acts in the region of the underside of the removal region, wherein preferably the actuator is a pneumatic actuator.
- This measure is preferably a space-saving design.
- the cable gathering device (wire stacker) has a preferably transparent partition wall which separates a process region from an operating region and projects from above in the direction of the platform, whereby the safety of an operator is reliably and permanently ensured.
- the partition wall extends at least partially into the tray between accommodating region and receiving region, whereby the safety is further increased.
- the base of the platform has a recess in order to retain the lines better in position there.
- the recess prevents the outermost lines of the line bundle from rolling back into the adjoining receiving region.
- the platform is substantially flat in the accommodating region, with the result that the sliding of the lines into the removal region is made easier.
- the cable gathering device is a cable twisting apparatus and the platform is provided to accommodate the twisted cable.
- the invention also relates to a method for removal of electrical or optical lines ( 8 ), such as wires, cables, line bundles, optical fibres etc. from a cable gathering device (wire stacker) comprising a platform which can be tilted downwards which has an accommodating region for accommodating one or more lines after a processing step, wherein the platform has a removal region adjoining the accommodating region, wherein lines located in the accommodating region can be brought into the removal region by tilting the tray downwards and are retained in the removal region by retaining means in the tilted position of the platform and that the lines are removed from the removal region.
- a cable gathering device wire stacker
- the platform before removal of the lines from the removal region the platform is tilted upwards again.
- the lines are raised to an ergonomically optimal height for removal whilst at the same time lines can be fabricated and discharged in the process region and in the accommodating region.
- FIG. 1 shows a cable gathering device (wire stacker) according to the invention with a tiltable platform disposed below the processing region,
- FIG. 2 shows a device according to FIG. 1 with the platform in the tilted state
- FIG. 3 shows a device according to FIG. 1 with the platform pivoted upwards again for removal of lines from the removal region.
- FIG. 1 shows a cable gathering device (wire stacker) 12 for processing electrical or optical lines 8 .
- the processing or process region 1 in which the lines 8 are processed, e.g. insulated, crimped, twisted, bundled etc. is only shown schematically by a circle. If the lines 8 are ready configured after a processing step, they arrive at the accommodating region 2 a of a platform 2 (e.g. are discharged onto this). The direction of drop 7 from the process region 1 onto the accommodating region 2 a of the platform 2 is depicted by means of an arrow. The lines 8 are thereby received by the platform 2 according to their length. The lines 8 in this case come to lie substantially parallel to the longitudinal extension of the platform 2 . In the figures shown, the lines 8 accordingly extend substantially perpendicular to the plane of the sheet.
- the platform 2 is mounted on a machine frame 5 and can be tilted downwards. To this end it is pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation 3 .
- the actuation of an actuator 11 cooperating with the platform 2 enables the tilting process downwards and the pivoting back again upwards.
- the actuator 11 is a pneumatically actuatable piston-cylinder unit which is disposed below the platform 2 . The extension of the piston rod thereby acts in the region of the underside of the removal region 2 b via a substantially horizontal axis of rotation.
- the platform 2 which in the exemplary embodiment shown, forms the base of a tray, has a removal region 2 b in addition to the accommodating region 2 a .
- the lines 8 placed in the accommodating region 2 a slide towards the removal region 2 b.
- FIG. 2 b shows the platform 2 in the tilted state.
- the lines 8 have already slipped into the removal region 2 b.
- the sliding direction 9 here indicates the direction of movement of the lines 8 .
- the platform 2 forms the base of a tray.
- the left-hand side wall 2 b of the tray delimits the movement of the lines 8 during the tilting of the platform 2 and retains the lines 8 in the removal region 2 b as retaining means 2 d.
- other retaining means are also feasible which retain the lines 8 , in particular in the tilted state of the platform 2 .
- a grid or upwardly projecting rods, for example, would also be possible as retaining means, which are disposed at certain distances on the platform 2 .
- the retaining means comprise a stationary retaining means which is not fastened to the platform 2 , e.g. a retaining means which has a curved contour which defines the outermost edge of the removal region during tilting.
- FIG. 3 again shows the platform in the upwardly pivoted state where the lines 8 which had previously slipped into the removal region 2 b remain in the removal region 2 b. This is preferably promoted by a recess in the platform 2 in the removal region 2 b. Whilst the lines 8 can now be removed from the removal region 2 b, as indicated schematically by the removal direction 10 , newly processed lines 8 are already arriving from the process region 1 onto the accommodating region 2 a.
- a partition wall 4 which simultaneously delimits the accommodating region 2 a from the removal region 2 b is located between the process region 1 and the operating region 6 from which the lines 8 can be removed, e.g. by an operator.
- the partition wall is preferably transparent, e.g. made of Plexiglas.
- the partition wall 4 can, for example, be a part of a protective hood which is pivotable as a whole in order to make the process region 1 accessible from outside during cleaning, repair and/or maintenance work.
- the platform 2 is preferably fabricated over its entire surface, e.g. of sheet metal. However the platform could also be formed as a grid or from individual interconnected struts. It must merely be able to accommodate the lines 8 . In principle the platform 2 can have any shape. In the preferred embodiment it forms the base of a tray. The side walls 2 c, 2 d of the tray reliably prevent the lines from 8 from undesirably falling from the platform 2 .
- the actuator 11 which accomplishes the tilting of the platform 2 could naturally also be a motor or another drive.
- the actuator 11 can also act directly or indirectly on the platform at a different position from that shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 .
- FIG. 1 below the process region 1 the tilting tray 2 is connected to the machine frame 5 via the axis of rotation 3 .
- the tilting tray can be folded downwards (preferably by about 45°) starting from the horizontal by means of a pneumatic drive 11 .
- Line products are formed in the process region 1 which drop down after completion or after a process step (discharge direction 7 ) and form the line bundle 8 .
- FIG. 2 when the batch is processed, the platform 2 pivots downwards (in the preferred exemplary embodiment by about 45°).
- the line bundle 8 thereby slips due to gravity into the removal region 2 b which is preferably characterised by a recess or depression.
- FIG. 3 the line bundle 8 can then be simply removed from the operating region 6 .
- the cable gathering device (wire stacker) 12 can continue during this to discharge lines 8 from the process region 1 onto the tiltable platform 2 . It is not necessary to interrupt the processing process during the removal of the lines from the removal region 2 b.
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- This application is a 35 U.S.C. 371 national-phase entry of PCT International application no. PCT/IB2012/056305 filed on Nov. 9, 2012 and also claims benefit of priority to prior Swiss national application no. CH-01810/11 filed on Nov. 11, 2011, and parent PCT International application no. PCT/IB2012/056305 is expressly incorporated herein by reference, in its entirety, for all intents and purposes, as if identically set forth in full herein.
- The invention relates to a cable gathering device for processing electrical or optical lines, such as wires, cables, line bundles, optical fibres etc. comprising a platform which can be tilted downwards which has an accommodating region for accommodating one or more lines after a processing step.
- Cable processing devices are known in the prior art in which ready assembled cables are placed on a temporary tray of a cable gathering device (wire stacker) or discharged thereon and gathered there. When a certain number of cables are gathered on the temporary receptacle, the tray is tilted downwards so that the cables slip downwards from the tray in order to land in a container provided specifically for this purpose (removal trough) where they are accessible from outside the cable processing device.
- The disadvantage of such a construction is that as a result of the cable dropping downwards from the temporary tray into a separate removal trough, the cable enters into a region which can ergonomically only be reached for an operator with some effort and continuously stooping, i.e. in the region close to the floor. However, a corresponding height stacking of the tilting tray and the removal trough disposed thereunder requires construction expenditure.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,777A discloses such an apparatus. A wire guide assembly comprises a pivotable trough-like receptacle for wire bundles where the wire bundles can be released by tilting the receptacle downwards. The centre of gravity of the receptacle is in this case shifted outwards in such a manner that the receptacle can already tilt downwards merely due to the action of gravity.
- It is the object of the invention to provide a cable gathering device (wire stacker) which does not have the aforementioned disadvantages and enables an ergonomically matched removal of the lines which at the same time has a space-saving and user-friendly design and which manages with simple process steps. At the same time, a high degree of safety should be ensured for the operator who removes the cable.
- The invention solves this object with a cable gathering device (wire stacker) of the type mentioned initially, whereby the platform has a removal region adjoining the accommodating region, wherein lines located in the accommodating region can be brought into the removal region by tilting the platform downwards, from which the lines can be removed and wherein the lines are retained in the removal region by retaining means in the tilted position of the platform.
- As a result of the fact that the tiltable platform has its own accommodating region and its own removal region, the process region of the cable gathering device (wire stacker) can be spatially separated from the removal region whereby a high safety standard is provided. The additional retaining means in the removal region prevents the lines from falling down from the platform during tilting of the platform. The lines are therefore held reliably in the removal region. A subsequent upwards pivoting of the platform then has the effect that the lines retained in the removal region return to a height at which the lines are optimally accessible from the ergonomic aspect from outside the cable gathering device (wire stacker). A further advantage of the invention consists in that the processing process need not be stopped during removal of the lines from the removal region. This is ensured by the separate accommodating and removal regions.
- The invention is characterised by a low expenditure on apparatus. A separate removal trough as in the prior art is not necessary with the result that the number of parts and the costs are reduced. The areas of application of the invention are numerous. The platform can thus serve as a tray for line twisters after the twisting process but can also be used in connection with a conveyor belt. The platform according to the invention can be used in insulating machines, crimping devices, twisting devices etc.
- The invention allows a removal of finished lines from a cable processing machine at ergonomic height. At the same time, production can still take place automatically behind a protective hood and the finished product discharged onto the same platform in the accommodating region. Any endangerment of the operator by the processing process can be efficiently prevented by the formation of a protective hood and the platform (separate accommodating region).
- In one embodiment the retaining means is fastened to the platform, which gives a particularly compact and simple design.
- In one embodiment the platform forms the base of a tray. In the tray the lines are protected from undesired falling down by side walls.
- In one embodiment the retaining means is formed by a side wall of the tray. The side wall of the tray therefore serves at the same time to limit the downward sliding of the lines in the tilted state of the platform and retain the lines in the removal region.
- In one embodiment the platform is pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation. A particularly simple realisation of the tilting movement can thus be achieved. The axis of rotation is substantially parallel to the longitudinal extension of the platform into which the lines enter according to their length.
- In one embodiment the axis of rotation is provided in the region of the underside of the accommodating region. As a result no parts of the platform or tray enter into the process region of the cable gathering device (wire stacker) during the tilting process.
- In one embodiment an actuator is provided for tilting the platform, which acts in the region of the underside of the removal region, wherein preferably the actuator is a pneumatic actuator. This measure is preferably a space-saving design.
- In one embodiment the cable gathering device (wire stacker) has a preferably transparent partition wall which separates a process region from an operating region and projects from above in the direction of the platform, whereby the safety of an operator is reliably and permanently ensured.
- In one embodiment the partition wall extends at least partially into the tray between accommodating region and receiving region, whereby the safety is further increased.
- In one embodiment, in the removal region the base of the platform has a recess in order to retain the lines better in position there. During the upwards pivoting of the platform with the lines located in the removal region, the recess prevents the outermost lines of the line bundle from rolling back into the adjoining receiving region.
- In one embodiment the platform is substantially flat in the accommodating region, with the result that the sliding of the lines into the removal region is made easier.
- In one embodiment the cable gathering device (wire stacker) is a cable twisting apparatus and the platform is provided to accommodate the twisted cable.
- The invention also relates to a method for removal of electrical or optical lines (8), such as wires, cables, line bundles, optical fibres etc. from a cable gathering device (wire stacker) comprising a platform which can be tilted downwards which has an accommodating region for accommodating one or more lines after a processing step, wherein the platform has a removal region adjoining the accommodating region, wherein lines located in the accommodating region can be brought into the removal region by tilting the tray downwards and are retained in the removal region by retaining means in the tilted position of the platform and that the lines are removed from the removal region.
- In one embodiment before removal of the lines from the removal region the platform is tilted upwards again. As a result the lines are raised to an ergonomically optimal height for removal whilst at the same time lines can be fabricated and discharged in the process region and in the accommodating region.
- Further embodiments of the invention are given in the figures and in the dependent patent claims. The reference list is part of the disclosure.
- The invention is explained in detail symbolically and as examples by reference to figures. In the figures
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FIG. 1 shows a cable gathering device (wire stacker) according to the invention with a tiltable platform disposed below the processing region, -
FIG. 2 shows a device according toFIG. 1 with the platform in the tilted state, -
FIG. 3 shows a device according toFIG. 1 with the platform pivoted upwards again for removal of lines from the removal region. -
FIG. 1 shows a cable gathering device (wire stacker) 12 for processing electrical oroptical lines 8. The processing orprocess region 1 in which thelines 8 are processed, e.g. insulated, crimped, twisted, bundled etc. is only shown schematically by a circle. If thelines 8 are ready configured after a processing step, they arrive at theaccommodating region 2 a of a platform 2 (e.g. are discharged onto this). The direction ofdrop 7 from theprocess region 1 onto theaccommodating region 2 a of theplatform 2 is depicted by means of an arrow. Thelines 8 are thereby received by theplatform 2 according to their length. Thelines 8 in this case come to lie substantially parallel to the longitudinal extension of theplatform 2. In the figures shown, thelines 8 accordingly extend substantially perpendicular to the plane of the sheet. - The
platform 2 is mounted on amachine frame 5 and can be tilted downwards. To this end it is pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis ofrotation 3. The actuation of anactuator 11 cooperating with theplatform 2 enables the tilting process downwards and the pivoting back again upwards. In the embodiment shown theactuator 11 is a pneumatically actuatable piston-cylinder unit which is disposed below theplatform 2. The extension of the piston rod thereby acts in the region of the underside of theremoval region 2 b via a substantially horizontal axis of rotation. - The
platform 2, which in the exemplary embodiment shown, forms the base of a tray, has aremoval region 2 b in addition to theaccommodating region 2 a. During tilting of theplatform 2 downwards, thelines 8 placed in theaccommodating region 2 a slide towards theremoval region 2 b. -
FIG. 2 b shows theplatform 2 in the tilted state. Thelines 8 have already slipped into theremoval region 2 b. The slidingdirection 9 here indicates the direction of movement of thelines 8. - In the embodiment shown the
platform 2 forms the base of a tray. The left-hand side wall 2 b of the tray delimits the movement of thelines 8 during the tilting of theplatform 2 and retains thelines 8 in theremoval region 2 b as retaining means 2 d. In principle (alternatively to a side wall), other retaining means are also feasible which retain thelines 8, in particular in the tilted state of theplatform 2. A grid or upwardly projecting rods, for example, would also be possible as retaining means, which are disposed at certain distances on theplatform 2. In one variant the retaining means comprise a stationary retaining means which is not fastened to theplatform 2, e.g. a retaining means which has a curved contour which defines the outermost edge of the removal region during tilting. -
FIG. 3 again shows the platform in the upwardly pivoted state where thelines 8 which had previously slipped into theremoval region 2 b remain in theremoval region 2 b. This is preferably promoted by a recess in theplatform 2 in theremoval region 2 b. Whilst thelines 8 can now be removed from theremoval region 2 b, as indicated schematically by theremoval direction 10, newly processedlines 8 are already arriving from theprocess region 1 onto theaccommodating region 2 a. - Preferably a
partition wall 4 which simultaneously delimits theaccommodating region 2 a from theremoval region 2 b is located between theprocess region 1 and theoperating region 6 from which thelines 8 can be removed, e.g. by an operator. In order that the operator can monitor theprocess region 1, the partition wall is preferably transparent, e.g. made of Plexiglas. Thepartition wall 4 can, for example, be a part of a protective hood which is pivotable as a whole in order to make theprocess region 1 accessible from outside during cleaning, repair and/or maintenance work. - The
platform 2 is preferably fabricated over its entire surface, e.g. of sheet metal. However the platform could also be formed as a grid or from individual interconnected struts. It must merely be able to accommodate thelines 8. In principle theplatform 2 can have any shape. In the preferred embodiment it forms the base of a tray. Theside walls platform 2. - The
actuator 11 which accomplishes the tilting of theplatform 2 could naturally also be a motor or another drive. Theactuator 11 can also act directly or indirectly on the platform at a different position from that shown inFIGS. 1 to 3 . - The method according to the invention is explained in detail hereinafter with reference to the individual figures:
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FIG. 1 : below theprocess region 1 the tiltingtray 2 is connected to themachine frame 5 via the axis ofrotation 3. The tilting tray can be folded downwards (preferably by about 45°) starting from the horizontal by means of apneumatic drive 11. Line products are formed in theprocess region 1 which drop down after completion or after a process step (discharge direction 7) and form theline bundle 8. -
FIG. 2 : when the batch is processed, theplatform 2 pivots downwards (in the preferred exemplary embodiment by about 45°). Theline bundle 8 thereby slips due to gravity into theremoval region 2 b which is preferably characterised by a recess or depression. - After a brief moment the
platform 2 pivots back into the (substantially horizontal) initial position where thelines 8 are again raised but remain in theremoval region 2 b. -
FIG. 3 : theline bundle 8 can then be simply removed from theoperating region 6. The cable gathering device (wire stacker) 12 can continue during this to dischargelines 8 from theprocess region 1 onto thetiltable platform 2. It is not necessary to interrupt the processing process during the removal of the lines from theremoval region 2 b. - The disclosure of the following commonly owned applications: S124PWO, S125PWO, S127PWO, S141PWO (Internal file reference of the applicant), which were all deposited at the International Bureau (IB) on Nov. 9, 2012, form an integral component of the present application and should be seen in combination with the same since these separate applications each relate to different aspects of the same machine. Further synergistic effects result from this.
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- 2 a—Accommodating region
- 2 b—Removal region
- 2 c—Side wall
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- 3—Axis of rotation
- 4—Partition wall
- 5—Machine frame
- 6—Operating region
- 7—Discharge direction
- 8—Line
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- 10—Removal
- 11—Actuator
- 12—Cable gathering (wire stacker)
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